Winston Birchall

Winston Birchall (1762-early January 1799) was a colonel of the British Army during the French Revolutionary Wars. Birchall was the commander of the British army at the Battle of Vatili, during which he was killed.

Biography
Winston Birchall was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England in 1762 to an aristocratic family, and he served in the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. Birchall rose in the ranks of the cavalry, and he was stationed on Cyprus during the French Revolutionary Wars. Birchall became a colonel and took command of a cavalry regiment in the city of Nicosia, and Birchall commanded the 1,425-strong British army sent to drive Jean-Baptiste Kleber's invading French army from the island. In the Battle of Vatili, Birchall's army was destroyed, and Birchall himself was killed in action.